xRCCA is excited to invite you to CREEK DAZE 2026!
Join us this year as we kick off the festivities at Roberts Creek School, gathering for the lively Higgledy Piggledy Parade leading down to the Pier! Get creative with your costumes straight from the tickle trunk! Meet at 10:45am, parade at 11:11am!
Explore a diverse array of vendors offering information, crafts, delicious food, and engaging activities for everyone to enjoy. Kids will love the KidZone featuring face painting, games, and playful activities.
Don’t miss the vibrant music performances at the mandala stage from 11:30am-6pm (see the discussion board for lineup) and the Slow Sundays Stage at Library Park from noon-3:30pm. Performance by the Story Theatre at the Gazebo, Be sure to browse through the renowned Library Book Sale from noon-3pm—it’s a can’t-miss event!
Stay tuned for more details about the stage line-up, artists, vendors and more! Bring the whole family for a day packed with fun! There will be a water station so bring your water bottles to fill! We do our best to make this a zero waste event!
We always need volunteers to help make these wonderful events happen! Please sign up at volunteersignup.org/LETMW
You’re community spirit is appreciated!!!
This event is supported by the Province of British Columbia.
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Gibsons Library: Knitting a Community
Tuesdays. Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Drop in to our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome.
Host: Lynne Dyment
Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served.
Gibsons Library: Aging with Pride: Stories from Quirk-e
Celebrate Pride with an inspiring afternoon of storytelling from Quirk-e (Queer Imaging and Riting Kollective for Elders), a Vancouver-based collective of queer elders who have been creating, connecting, and advocating together since 2006. Through powerful readings of original work, Quirk-e members share stories of creativity, resilience, and living authentically across generations.
Join us for readings followed by a thoughtful discussion and Q&A.
Registration required.
Gibsons Library: Film Screening: The Stand
Join us to recognize National Indigenous Peoples Day by watching a powerful documentary on Haida resistance and environmental justice.
On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to protect the land and the future. In a riveting feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio, award-winning director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the critical moment when the Haida Nation’s resolute act of vision and conscience changed the world.
Runtime: 95 min.
Registration required here.
Gibsons Library: Urban Safari Rescue Society
Be Amazed and Surprised! Urban Safari Rescue is bringing the world of exotic animal rescue to introduce the vast world of animals to people of all ages. Meet fascinating insects, arachnids, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals while being fascinated, educated, and entertained. This presentation also emphasizes the pitfalls of keeping exotic pets and why many of them end up in a rescued animal facility.
Registration required. Online registration for this event opens June 15.
Gibsons Public Library: Philosophy Café, Evening Edition
What is the true meaning of “success” in life? What is a “good education”?
Join the discussion as we talk about the eternal Big Questions, moderated by a trained philosopher. The moderator’s aim is not to find winners and losers in a debate, but to use all viewpoints as clues to the puzzle that, if completed, would offer us a truth of sorts. A different topic each time. All are welcome, including those who would rather mostly listen.
Discussion: Can LESS stuff provide the MOST happiness?
Facilitated by: Dr. Stephen Hare
In-person, drop-in.
Gibsons Library: Book Club: Outspoken
Come join our discussion of Betty Baxter’s new book!
When Betty Baxter was hired to coach the Canadian women’s volleyball team in 1980, she was met with a media frenzy as the first woman in the position. Then her career was cut short—Baxter was fired in January 1982 and tossed from volleyball at age twenty-nine because of rumours about her sexual orientation.
This personal memoir chronicles Baxter’s journey from a small-town prairie girl discovering her passion for sports, through the years of international success, including harsh coaches, excruciating training regimes and the inequities in the sports system, especially for a closeted gay athlete. After her abrupt dismissal, Baxter turned to activism, seeking equality for women, initiating a new coaching school and working for a healthy, visible LGBTQ+ community through the internationally recognized Gay Games.
All are welcome (even if you haven’t read the book!). Register below.
Registration required here
Sechelt Library: Ancestor Hunters
Interested in your family history? Want to learn how to find your forebears? Whether you’re just starting out or have been working on your family tree for years, everyone is welcome to come to join our group of dedicated ancestor hunters, which meets the monthly.
Gibsons Library: Philosophy Café, Evening Edition
What is the true meaning of “success” in life? What is a “good education”?
Join the discussion as we talk about the eternal Big Questions, moderated by a trained philosopher. The moderator’s aim is not to find winners and losers in a debate, but to use all viewpoints as clues to the puzzle that, if completed, would offer us a truth of sorts. A different topic each time. All are welcome, including those who would rather mostly listen.
*This is a trial extra time slot in the evening for people who can’t make the regular time, it will be the same discussion topic as the December session.
January discussion: Is it time to redefine/retire marriage, or is it essentially the right ideal in its current legal form
Gibsons Library: French Conversation Group
Mondays New Time. Do you wish you could practice your French with other friendly French language learners? Join our weekly French Conversation Group! In person only.
No meetings on statutory holidays when the library is closed.
Gibsons Library: Welcoming Communities
Thursdays. Are you a newcomer to Canada? Would you like help getting settled, accessing services, learning skills, making connections in the community, or learning English? Sunshine Coast Welcoming Communities can help! Drop in to any session. For more information, call Olga at 604 – 212- 1938, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit their website here.
Gibsons Library: Philosophy Cafe
What is the true meaning of “success” in life? What is a “good education”?
Join the discussion as we talk about the eternal Big Questions, moderated by a trained philosopher. The moderator’s aim is not to find winners and losers in a debate, but to use all viewpoints as clues to the puzzle that, if completed, would offer us a truth of sorts. A different topic each time. All are welcome, including those who would rather mostly listen.
Facilitated by: Dr. Stephen Hare
In person, drop in.
We also host an evening session on one Wednesday evening a month for folks who can’t make it during the day.
Gibsons Library: Monday Morning Meditation
Guided Dharma Meditations for increasing relaxation , focus , body awareness through natural breathing techniques for mental and physical health .
No registration required, drop in to any session.
No class on statutory holiday Mondays.
Opportunity: Call for Submissions to Sunshine Coast Anthology
Call for submissions for “Snippets from a Small Town: Understanding Life on the Sunshine Coast,” sponsored by the Small Neighbourhood Grant program. Send your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, and art to cathalynn@gmail.com by Monday, November 17th. Small honorariums available. Launch at Gibsons & District Public Library Wednesday, December 17th, 11 am. Cover art by Sheri Peters.
Gibsons Library: Japanese Conversation Group – Online
Tuesdays. Are you curious about the Japanese language and culture? Join our weekly online Japanese Conversation Group on Zoom (link on our website). We meet every Tuesday from 1pm–2pm. All levels welcomed.
Gibsons Library: Knitting a Community
Tuesdays. Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Drop in to our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome.
Host: Lynne Dyment
Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served.
Gibsons Library: Word Whips
Writing Workshop with Fran Bourassa
Calling all poets, writers, and would-be writers of all ages and experience levels! Bypass your inner “editor” to find your authentic voice. Practice “free writing” short pieces from “word whip” prompts that elicit memories, emotions, and powerful ideas for poetry and stories. This method is quick, powerful, and everyone can enjoy it.
Fran Bourassa is an award-winning poet and contributing writer to numerous anthologies, including Breaking the Surface, Pacific Poetry Anthology, Force Field: 77 BC Poets.
Free but space is limited (in person only).
Registration opens on the 1st of the month here.
Living with Grief: Writing Group Series with David Roche
Grief can be a challenging companion. Whether you have recently started experiencing grief or it’s been many years, this series can be helpful. No writing experience is necessary, just an open mind and an open heart. This weekly series on six Tuesdays gives you a way to engage with grief on a daily basis, helping you find and listen your own story. The writing activities also help you connect with one another; helping people who truly understand what it’s like to live within life-changing loss share and support one another. No platitudes, no advice, just a community of fellow grievers, writing alone, together. Offered in partnership with Sunshine Coast Hospice Society, with support from the Town of Gibsons. Free, but space is limited: advance registration for all 6 sessions required.